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  1. J

    Safe lowest tire pressure for 16.5” wheel.

    The big day has arrived! The garage door has been widened. The transport is booked. My K30 gets delivered on saturday! The one issue? Yes the door has been widened. I have not had it made taller though. The K30 sits at 7ft 3 tall and i have 7ft 1 clearance. I just plan to air the tires...
  2. J

    K30 8 stud (lug) Wheel PCD & alternative wheels

    I either need to find some 16.5” tyres to go on my existing wheels or some 16x8s or wider rims so i can run a 37/38” x 12.50 tyre. Anything smaller will look stupid on it. Only tyres i’ve found so far are the interco or petlas. Neither of which are readily available in the UK. But i can get...
  3. J

    K30 8 stud (lug) Wheel PCD & alternative wheels

    Haven’t quite got her home yet, in the process of making the garage door a foot wider. One thing i need to sort at some point is wheels and tyres. I have 2 sets. What i believe to be original 8 lug 16.5” alloys with old 37” gumbo monster mudders and some banded steel 16.5” rims with 40”...
  4. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Kinda got things moving. Just have to make the garage door bigger to get it in.
  5. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Price agreed. 5ft10 person for scale. Be fun trying to work in that engine bay.
  6. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Yes, you have hijacked my thread about a frankensten truck i’m trying to identify. Please start your own thread to deal with your specific issue. Thanks.
  7. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    passed the details onto my wife but I did not say what the measurement should be. “Measured as best I can, 41.5inchs” Bang on in the middle, presuming it’s 40.5 as she did say 42.5 went either side of the springs.
  8. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Thanks. Very specific instructions passed onto my wife. Hopefully this will 99% confirm what the chassis is.
  9. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Just to confirm this, my wife works in the warehouse this is stored in, so i need to explain how to measure and don’t want any mix up between American or English terminology. If i ask my wife to measure the width from spring centre to spring centre along the length of the axle tube this will...
  10. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    This one was imported in 85 according to my registration docs, so was pretty new when it arrived. I have no idea when all the modifications were done. No LHD American vehicles were imported in any great quantity as for a multitude of reasons they aren’t very practical over here. There are...
  11. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    something else to go and check
  12. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Presuming those axles wouldn’t be standard on a K10?
  13. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Thats been noted. Same on both sides.
  14. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    The axles did confuse me, especially having the 8 stud hubs.
  15. J

    Decode a partial VIN??? Confirm it’s a K10?

    Thanks Keith, the VIN decoder image i had, the lines didn’t quite line up properly. . shame there is nothing to confirm its a K series.
  16. J

    Decode a partial VIN??? Confirm it’s a K10?

    Searched the chassis on what i believe to be a K10 and found the following Looks to be FF408437 Is that 5.0 V8, 1985, Canada Scarborough? Also got pics of the suspension mounts which i believe match factory K10?
  17. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    More random pics.
  18. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Hoping pics of the spring mounts will help someone confirm what it is.
  19. J

    New UK based member

    Chevy / GMC are probably the least common. Hence why i bought the Dodge, plenty about. Most common over here are the Rams and F series Fords usually 150s or 350s. Even the later Chevys are quite rare and usually appear in the form of a well spec’d newish Tahoe/Suburban or a Camaro.
  20. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    TBH, i just wanna get home. Get pics and get everyones opinion on if its an original chassis. The joys a being a “long distance” truck driver. I say “long distance” because the miles we can do are nothing compared to in America. Photos I have so far, courtesy of my wife. Quite hard to get...
  21. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    Once i have all the pics i’ll post and get more guidance.
  22. J

    New UK based member

    Anything older than 40yrs in the UK, as long as it meets certain requirements for originality, don’t require any annual inspections or emissions checks.
  23. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    I’m going over this weekend to hopefully get the frame number, engine and axle numbers and a bucket load of pictures of all over everywhere, under, inside, front to back, left to right, top to bottom. That will all hopefully be enough for them to compare and verify remotely.
  24. J

    Have i decoded this VIN correctly????

    So, I have a plan. Kind of. I have spoken to a highly regarded UK based American vehicle club who also know the ins and outs of our DVLA (vehicle registration) system. Their members are regarded as an official reference to age and identify imported and restored vehicles. Through their...
  25. J

    Further VIN questions. all chassis VINs just partials?

    Its for sale in the UK but the VIN on the documents is for a C10 but its 4wd. Its been like that since it was imported. Presume it had a body swap in the USA before being brought over.

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